Association of Educational Therapists
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Los Angeles, CA 90064
phone 310-909-1490
800-286-4267
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AET and the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD)
The NJCLD is a national committee representing organizations concerned about individuals with learning disabilities. AET was admitted to this prestigious committee in 2004.
At present AET has participated in the formulation of the following reports and brochure,
- Responsiveness to Intervention and Learning Disabilities
- The Documentation Disconnect for Students with Learning Disabilities: Improving Access to Postsecondary Disability Services
- "Literacy in Adolescents with Learning Disabilities" (which is still in progress)
- Transition to School and Work: A Blueprint for Your Child's Success After High School
Click here to read other NJCLD reports and papers.
Among the NJCLD's major purposes are
- Facilitating communication and cooperation among the member organizations;
- Providing an interdisciplinary forum for the review of issues for educational and governmental agencies and acting as a resource committee for those agencies and other interested groups;
- Providing a response to national issues concerning learning disabilities;
- Seeking agreement on major issues pertinent to learning disabilities;
- Preparing and disseminating statements to various publics so as to clarify issues in the area of learning disabilities;
- Identifying research and service delivery needs in learning disabilities.
The NJCLD member organizations are:
- American Speech-Language-Hearing-Association (ASHA)
- Association for Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
- Association of Educational Therapists (AET)
- Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
- Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness (DCDD)
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD)
- International Dyslexia Association (IDA)
- International Reading Association (IRA)
- Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
- National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)
- National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)